Visual delights : essays on the popular and projected image in the 19th century / edited by Simon Popple and Vanessa Toulmin.
Other titles
- Essays on the popular and projected image in the 19th century
Published
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England : Flicks Books 2000
Physical description
234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
- 1862360073
- 9781862360075
- 1862360065
- 9781862360068
Notes
- Papers from a conference held at the University of Sheffield in June 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
- Specialized.
Contents
- Introduction / Vanessa Toulmin and Simon Popple -- The diversity of cinematographic connections in the intermedial context of the turn of the 20th century / Andre Gaudreault -- What do those old slides mean? Or why the magic lantern is not an important part of cinema history / Richard Crangle -- "To gain the whole world and lose our soul": visual spectacle and the politics of working-class consumption before 1914 / Alan Burton -- The magic lantern in connection with photography: rationalisation and technology / Jens Ruchatz -- A slippery job: travelling exhibitors in early cinema / Deac Rossell -- "It was not the show, it was the tale that you told": film lecturing and showmanship on the British fairground / Joe Kember -- Fair likeness: portrait photography at the fairground in 19th-century Britain / Audrey Linkman -- On receiving letters from despised lovers / Amy Sargeant -- Reconfiguring Annabelle's Serpentine and Butterfly dance films in early cinema history / Noemia Backer -- The Kinetoscope in Yorkshire: exploitation and innovation / Richard Brown -- "That slick salesman in the silk hat": Charles Urban arrives in Britain / Luke McKernan -- Painting and public, print and profit: Lady Butler's painting "Balaclava" and its dissemination / Tim Wilcox -- Showing the freak: photographic images of the extraordinary body / Ann Featherstone -- The smudger's art: the popular perception and representation of itinerant photographers in the 19th century / Colin Harding -- Poster nasties: censorship and the Victorian theatre poster / John Hewitt -- George Albert Smith's visions and transformations: the films of 1898 / Frank Gray -- The quest for motion: moving pictures and flight / Alison McMahan -- John and Bill Barnes: an interview / Vanessa Toulmin -- "Pictures to be shewn": programming the American Biograph / Nico de Klerk
Subject
- 1800-1899
- Visual sociology Great Britain ; Congresses.
- Photography Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Lantern projection History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Motion pictures Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Popular culture Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Amusements Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Sociologie visuelle Grande-Bretagne ; Congrès.
- Photographie Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle ; Congrès.
- Cinéma Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle ; Congrès.
- Amusements.
- Lantern projection.
- Motion pictures.
- Photography.
- Popular culture.
- Visual sociology.
- Visual sociology Great Britain ; Congresses.
- Photography Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Lantern projection History ; Congresses.
- Motion pictures Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Popular culture Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Amusements Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Visual communication History 19th century.
- Popular culture Great Britain History 19th century
- Visual culture
- Popular culture Great Britain History 19th century.
- Cinematography History.
- Motion pictures History 19th century.
- Popular culture History 19th century
- Image transmission History 19th century
- Entertainment events History 19th century
- Entertainment events History 19th century.
- Image transmission History 19th century.
- Motion pictures History 19th century.
- Popular culture History 19th century.
- Visual communication History 19th century.
- Motion pictures History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Popular culture History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Visual communication History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Image transmission History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Entertainment events History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Visual sociology Great Britain ; Congresses.
- Popular culture Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Amusements Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Photography Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Motion pictures Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Visual sociology.
- Motion pictures History.
- Visual sociology Great Britain ; Congresses.
- Photography Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Lantern projection History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Motion pictures Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Popular culture Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Amusements Great Britain History 19th century ; Congresses.
- Amusements.
- Lantern projection.
- Motion pictures.
- Photography.
- Popular culture
- Visual sociology.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain.
Other names
Related item
- Online version:: Visual delights. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England : Flicks Books, 2000
Genre
- Bibliography
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Conference publication
- History.
- Illustrated
- text
Language
- English
Internet Resources
- http://www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/explore/ ; Search the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum Catalogue for more film resources
Summary
- The popular and projected images of the 19th century are discussed, exploring their dissemination and reception, the inter-relationships of these visual media, and shared elements such as technology, performance and business practice.
Holding libraries
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Aberystwyth University Library: Hugh Owen: Level F | HM500.V8 | ||
Birkbeck, University of London Library: Contact the Library | 791.09034 VIS | ||
University of Birmingham Libraries: Main Library, Collection | HM500 .V57 | ||
British Library: Lending Collection | m02/13699 | ||
University of East Anglia Library: UEA Main Library. Floor 2: Main shelves - Normal loan | PN1993.5.A1 POP | ||
Edge Hill University: Ormskirk University Library 2nd floor | 791.09034 | 2 week loan | |
Edge Hill University: Ormskirk University Library 2nd floor | 791.09034 | 2 week loan | |
University of Exeter Library | Online location | Search the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum Catalogue for more film resources | |
University of Exeter Library: Forum Library | 791.430942 POP | ||
University of Exeter Library: Bill Douglas Cinema Museum | BDC Hist & Crit/POP | ||
Lancaster University: Main Collection | MAIN YXOR7 (V) C Floor | ||
National Library of Scotland: Kelvin Hall, Glasgow | Bks 182 | ||
Newcastle University Libraries: Philip Robinson Library: Robinson Books Level 4 | 791.4309 VIS | ||
Northumbria University Library: City Campus Library, Floor 5 | 778 VIS | ||
Royal Holloway, University of London: Royal Holloway library | Davison General Three Week 301.21 VIS | ||
University of St Andrews Library: Main Library | P93.5P7 | ||
University of Salford: Clifford Whitworth Library | 791.09034 VIS | ||
Science Museum Library: Science Museum Library, Wroughton | 778.5:93 VISUAL | ||
Sheffield Hallam University Library: Adsetts Main Collection | 791.4309 PO (LEVEL 6) | ||
University of Sheffield Library: Western Bank Library NFCA | VISU/851 | ||
University of Sheffield Library: Western Bank Library NFCA | VISU/840 | ||
University of South Wales: Cardiff Library: Main Shelves, Week Loan | 778.209 VIS | ||
University of Southampton Library: Hartley Library: Main Collection (Standard Loan) | P93.5 POP | ||
University of Sunderland: David Goldman Informatics Centre | 791.4309 | ||
Swansea University Libraries: Singleton Park Library : Main | PN1993.5 >VIS | ||
Trinity College Dublin Library: Ussher Library | 778.2 P0 | ||
UCL Library Services: Store. Visit UCL Library webpages to request access to items in Store | STORE 12-0627 | ||
University of York Libraries: University Library: Morrell - Ordinary | L 1.16 POP |